i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket to come i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket y'all, hey ya see it started way back in nyc when i stole my first rhyme from the m.i.c. at a west end avenue at 63 the beginning of a leap year, february, ?96 when a guitar picked up in the mix i committed to the licks like a nickel back of tricks well look at me now look at me now look at me now, now, now, now i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket to come i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket y'all i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket to come i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket y'all, hey well you?re never never gonna guess where i?ve been been been and i have no regrets that i bet my whole checking account because it all amounts to nothing up in the end well you can only count on the road again will soon be on the radio dial and i been payin close attention to the willie nelson style like a a band of gypsies on the highway while as i?m a one man wishin on the california skyline drive up the coast i brag and i boast because i?m pickin up my pace and makin time like space ghost raising a toast to the highway patrol with the most Bb,F cause i'm tourin around the nation on extended vacation see i got Elsa the dog who exceeds my limitation i say, i like your style, crazy pound pup you need a ride? 'woof' Bb,F i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket to come i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket y'all i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket to come i?m just a curbside prophet with my hand in my pocket and i?m waiting for my rocket y'all see i'm a down home brother, redneck undercover with my guitar here i'm ready to play